The green basilisk lizard is also called a plumed or double-crested basilisk; but its amazing ability to run on water gives this species its most recognizable moniker: the Jesus Christ lizard.

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The basilisk lizard runs across a water surface on its two hind legs, and lives in the jungles of Costa Rica, in Central America. A recent NHK General TV science program "Here comes Darwin!

Slow-motion view of the cricket frog belly flop. Rather than actually skittering across water like basilisk lizards do, the frogs were “porpoising”—leaping from the water as they swim.